Handwashing for Life

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The 2018 Norovirus Restaurant Report Card

Symptom vs. Source

Olympic Handwashing Winners in Chicago

Games motivate restaurant handwashing

Food Safety experts gathered in Chicago at the Food Safety Summit to test their skills at this year’s Handwashing For Life Olympics.

Crowdsourced Risk In Foodservice

Two social media experts share their views

E-Monitoring Handwash History In Foodservice

Limitations from the past deter new-tech trials

Touchless Protection In The High-Touch Restaurant Environment

Uninvited pathogens contaminate table-side tablet menus

The Handwashing Factor In Avoiding Chipotle-like Brand Damage

In a recent QSR^® article, Lisa van Kesteren, SeeLevel HX Founder/CEO, unintentionally gave the industry a perfect four-point outline for protecting restauran

Simple Flu Avoidance Technique

Raise hand sanitizer effectiveness when away from home

Food Code Is Again Challenged By Science

Bureaucracy buries additions to public health

Impress Guests with Staff’s Restroom Handwashing

Crushed Red restaurants have identified a new customer relations builder in their handwash monitoring program.

Handwash Compliance: Foodservice’s “Ugly Baby”

Foodservice operators in most cases are rightfully proud of their customer care.

Handwashing for Life Olympics: Battle at Waterloo

Originally published in the 11-20-17 edition of Food Safety News. Republished with permission.

Pathogens met their Waterloo as more than 400 culinary professionals staged a two day pursuit of the latest advances in nutrition and food safety. The annual campaign is sponsored by Martin Brothers, a regional distributor focused on the culinary needs of hospitals and nursing homes.

Handwashing: Frequency vs. Quality

Collaborative handwashing assessment

Sixty-two healthcare culinary professionals volunteered to share their opinion of handwashing at their establishment, a kitchen in either a hospital or nursing home in the Midwest.

Thanksgiving’s Top 10 Tips For Healthy Hands & Wellness

Thanksgiving, the eater's favorite holiday. Ours always starts on Wednesday with a little pre-prep and gathering last minute supplies.

As joyous the occasion, it’s also a special feast day for bacteria and virus, particularly for salmonella and norovirus – the poster children for holiday pain. Staying well can make the difference between a memory of magic or misery. Good hand hygiene can do more for protecting holiday health than an over-cooked Turkey.

The Mark Twain Solution to Embarrassingly Low Handwashing Rates

Data-driven continuous improvement for restaurants and hospitals

Handwashing Added To Loyalty Program

New concept positions handwashing as a brand-builder

Crushed Red’s founder, Chris LaRocca, understood just how important handwashing was in preparing a ready-to-eat menu. He identified a new technology company that worked along side him as his new concept developed.

A New Potential Legal Risk For Poor Handwashing

The "Readily Available" principle

Immersion into the topic of hand hygiene to reduce operational risk has surfaced yet another incentive to improve handwashing process control. Operators know their handwashing rates are low and now they may be open to a charge of negligence should an outbreak be identified.

Engaging Culture to Change Handwashing Behavior

Behavior verification motivates compliance

The 5 steps of the HandsOn System are converted to action with a process that opens with collaborative Risk Assessment and closes with Decision Verification.

A Handwashing Peek Into the 2017 National Restaurant Association Show

True to form, the Chicago NRA Show once again proved to not be a

Leadership Handwashing

Peppermill Casino Chooses Handwashing For Life’s New Pledge & Verify Framework

Handwashing and temperature control are the two mega-pillars of food safety both at home and away-from-home. At the Peppermill Casino in Reno Nevada, temperature control is on display 24/7 with the latest in Sous Vide cooking. It is the poster child for process control.

Handwashing's Corrective Action Shortfall

Electronic monitoring fills the gap of complacency

The diligent foodservice operators are the majority but their years of collectively working without handwashing standards has left a scar of complacency.